Ammonia versus smelling salts

[Guillaume Dupuis]

What's the differnece between the two?

I thought they were the same item, but Inzer sells them as individual products. Which one is more apt to wake you up? Which one do you use and how do you inhale it: snort or whiff? I don't want to fall on my ass and OD on smelling salts :p

[Eric Jett]

Ammonia comes in capsules and I think they are a little stronger. Nose tork (smelling salts) are a little weaker, but come in a bottle and are reusable. Either works. I prefer nose tork.

As far as technique, just take a big ol' hit of the stuff. If you are using a capsule, keep it behind the ear and sniff it right before liftoff. With nose tork, I like to have someone else hold it beneath my nose and I take one or two deep breaths of it. You just kind of have to be ready for it, otherwise it will freak you out.

[chrisklavette]

Until you build up a tolerance of it wave it in front of your nose. Also, keep the tablets in a small aspirin bottle open, inhale, lift.

[D.Norris]

Nose tork is a lot stronger than ammonia caps at first but it fade`s over time!

[Michael Ambrose]

You don't want to build up a tolerence for it at all. The less the better. Why should you have to take a huge inhale of it when a whiff (and it's all you really need if you take in a good one and the nose tork is fresh) will suffice. No hard science to quote here but sniffing to much of this can not be good on the brain cells. And yes, I use it but sparingly.

Until you build up a tolerance of it wave it in front of your nose. Also, keep the tablets in a small aspirin bottle open, inhale, lift.